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UN General Assembly

The General Assembly is the main deliberative organ of the United Nations. It is composed of representatives of all Member States, each of which has one vote. Decisions on important questions, such as those on peace and security, admission of new Members and budgetary matters, require a two-thirds majority. Decisions on other questions are reached by a simple majority. These decisions may be adopted without a vote, or with a vote, which may be recorded, non-recorded or by roll-call. While the decisions of the General Assembly have no legally binding force for Governments, they carry the weight of world opinion on major international issues, as well as the moral authority of the world community. The work of the United Nations derives largely from the decisions of the General Assembly, i.e. the will of the majority of the Members, as expressed in resolutions adopted by the General Assembly. This database contains General Assembly reports and resolutions of relevance to the work of UNHCR.  Website: www.un.org/ga

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Report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission : note / by the President of the General Assembly 29 October 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

The responsibility to protect : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 7 October 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

System-wide coherence : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 2 October 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Status of internally displaced persons and refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, Georgia : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly 30 September 2009

Category: Legal Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

The situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran : report of the Secretary-General 23 September 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security : report of the Secretary-General 22 September 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Support to African Union peacekeeping operations authorized by the United Nations : report of the Secretary-General 18 September 2009

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Thematic Reports

The occupied Syrian Golan : report of the Secretary-General 16 September 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Peaceful settlement of the question of Palestine : report of the Secretary-General 15 September 2009

Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Country Reports

Climate change and its possible security implications : report of the Secretary-General 11 September 2009

Category: Reference Documents | Publisher: UN General Assembly | Document type: Thematic Reports


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